Arch Linux

B15HOP

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From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

Arch gaming

I'm interested in the idea of maybe having a sticky thread in this forum for all the Linux gamers out there. Specifically older Loki games such as Myth2 and Alpha Centauri. One reason, being a avid Linux gamer. I find it difficult to Google for information regarding installation of many older native games. For instance

Myth 2: Soulblighter

Install the game with the option FULL.

Myth2 requires the the latest unified patch:
http://lokifiles.tuxgames.com/updates/m … ed-x86.run

Myth2 has a couple of bugs regarding video playback. The only fix I could find was to move or delete the cutscenes folder, which is in the game directory. ie /usr/local/games/myth2/

There is also a bug that stops OpenGL from working. The workaround is here:
http://tobias.rautenkranz.ch/myth_memfix.html

It would be good if all the last problem could be automated. Ie, add a script like this
echo 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/fopenr.so myth2' > GL_Myth2 ; chmod a+x GL_Myth2
into say the /usr/bin folder?

This would be an example of a wiki entry for arch linux to get the game working?

BTW: this is just an idea / quick example of something I would find useful. So we can have all the native games up on one big wiki page for arch.

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B15HOP

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From: Australia

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 138

Re: Arch gaming

Oh and the sticky thread would be like a FAQ with wiki links etc?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Games

This is the only wiki info i could find.

Last edited by B15HOP (2008-02-07 08:34:35)

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